Miners Unsettled as Illinois Walkout Intensifies
In Springfield Illinois miners again failed to signal a return to work as they press for wage gains. Fuel Administrator Garfield vows coal production must continue while Frank Farrington warns locals not back to work by Monday will be ousted from the state federation. Meetings today will decide if work resumes before any wage increases are allowed as operators demand higher prices before concessions.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Garfield
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Fuel Administration
Illinois Mine Workers
Peoria
D. W. Buchanan
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Virden
Thayer
Auburn
Athens
Andrew
Clinton
Indiana
Toluca
United States Steel Corporation
Benton
Madison Coal Corporation
Glen Carbon
Buchanan
Timos
Chicago
Fred W. Upham
Consumers' Company
Railroads Given Preference in Coal Shortage Plan
Washington action on October 20 moves to ease coal shortages. The Shipping Board orders owners of coal carrying steamers to stay in service with a uniform rate of 2.50 per cargo ton from Hampton Roads or Philadelphia to Boston and sets differential rates for other New England ports. The Fuel Administration gathers railroad presidents to plan bunkering midstream. Garfield orders Johns Hopkins fuel priority for the Baltimore and Ohio system, with Pennsylvania already favored, and signals a broader rollout to other lines as car supply tightens.
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Washington
New England
Shipping Board
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
Boston
Fuel Administration
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Garfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Deputies End Debate with 869 to 8 Government Vote
PARIS Oct 20 The chamber of deputies concluded its discussion on the government's general policy with a decisive vote in favor of the government, 869 to 8, marking strong support for the administration.
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Deputies
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Priday
Fresh Impetus Given Loan By Plucky Reports
Washington reports the liberty loan gaining fresh momentum across the nation toward a $5 billion goal. Unofficial subscriptions total $1.715 billion with $1 billion reported to reserve banks. districts show strong results though some areas urge faster responses. New York targets $1.5 billion, Chicago flags delays in Iowa and southern Illinois, and Cleveland adopts $50 bond plans. Philadelphia gears to carry the liberty bell through streets on liberty day.
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Washington
Liberty Loan
Treasury Department
Boston
Coi
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ccs
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Treasury
Iowa
Illinois
New England
McAdoo Defends War Aims at Second Liberty Loan Rally
Secretary McAdoo urged thousands at a Yellow Enver event to defend essential American rights and the nation’s institutions. He attacked Germany and Count Von Bernstorff, called German truth societies traitors, and promised revelations from the state department on German intrigue. News of the Antilles torpedoing reached him before arriving in Colorado Springs.
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Enver
America
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Germany
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Colorado Springs
Associated Press
Antilles
Russia Moves Capital From Petrograd To Moscow
Announcement by M. Kishkin minister of public welfare states the Russian capital will shift to Moscow. Reval and Baltic entrances near Gulf of Finland evacuations proceed due to Riga occupation. Moon island under German control. two Russian regiments captured. two German torpedo boats sunk in mine fields. Russian gunners claim hits on German dreadnoughts. Kaiser and Koenig class ships sighted. ten enemy craft seen in the Baltic battle line. Baltic sailors push for battle but government blocks due to German advantage.
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Petrograd
Moscow
M. Kishkin
Reval
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Riga
Moon Island
Lufbery Downs German Plane In High Altitude Fight
Lieut Raoul Lufbery of Wallingford Conn a member of the Lafayette Escadrille shot down a German aeroplane at 5000 yards over the trenches on Oct 20. It was said to be his thirteenth victory. Lufbery flew high then closed on the biplane before the German gunner killed. A bullet penetrated his radiator and cartridge, forcing him to land.
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Lafayette Escadrille
Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Lufbery
Lufberg
Davenport Liberty Loan Subscriptions Hit Big Totals
In Davenport Indiana two major subscriptions were 100000 by the French Hecht steel works and 30000 by police and firemen pension funds officials for the association. City and Scott county sales total 1823300.
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Davenport
Liberty Loan
French-Hecht Steel Works
City
Scott County
Russians Will Quit Petrograd Evacs Reval Amid War Moves
Petrograd reports the government will move to Moscow soon while Reval evacuations begin as residents are sent inland. In naval actions, German torpedo boats were sunk and Russian battleships scored hits on German dreadnoughts, with ten Kaiser and Koenig class ships in action. Berlin cites two Russian regiments totaling 5,000 men captured on Moon island in the Gulf of Riga.
District wide bond drive progress and stalls noted
The report notes varied progress in the liberty bond drive across districts with St. Louis subscriptions and farming areas in Missouri Mississippi and Tennessee underperforming. Minneapolis speeds up while Atlanta Dallas and San Francisco show only modest gains. Richmond reaches a district high of 14 million with general advances district wide.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Dallas
San Francisco
Kansas City
Richmond
Night Raid Over London Strikes Eastern England
At midnight six or seven airships raided eastern and northeastern counties of England with bombs dropped at various points including the London area. The raid continued at the time of the official statement. Londoners rushed to subways and shelters as searchlights and guns roared briefly but no attackers were seen reaching London.
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London
England
Chicago Judge Kersten Taken To Oshkosh Sanitarium
Judge Kersten chief justice of Chicago criminal court has been moved to a sanitarium in Oshkosh Wisconsin with a nervous breakdown and a cold that could develop pneumonia. He has served 15 years as a circuit judge and earlier as a justice of the peace for seven years.
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Chicago
Kersten
Criminal Court
Oshkosh
Wis
German Navy Battles Russians Near Oesel Island
Germans begin landing on Dago island north of Oesel after bombardment as German naval forces, including ten dreadnoughts, cruisers, torpedo boats, submarines, trawlers, and hydroplanes, press the pursuit of the Russian fleet. Two German torpedo boats are lost in Moon sound. two Russian trackers are sunk. Russians move the capital from Petrograd to Moscow. Reval port residents evacuate.
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German War Office
Petrograd
Dago Island
Oesel Island
Moon Sound
Moscow
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Attacks at Atlantic Port Reported by U S Vessels
At an Atlantic port crews recounted raids by German submarines on three American ships. The bark Pao lina was attacked on September 25, looted and sunk with bombs after escape in small boats. The Crockett was torpedoed near Brest, looted and abandoned. The Henry Lippitt crew arrived after a prior sinking report.
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Atlantic
Mortensen
Paolina
Crockett
Philadelphia
Brest
Henry Lippitt
Antilles Was Fine Coast Line Steamer Antilles Was Fine
The Antilles, a 6878 ton steamship of the Southern Pacific line, served as a coast liner between New Orleans and New York. Built 1907 by Cramps, she carried Mardi Gras travelers and later joined the government as a transport, with Capt. H. F. Boyde remaining in command.
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New York
Southern Pacific Steamship Company
Morgan Line
New Orleans
H. F. Boyde
Antilles
Quartermaster's Department
The
Cramps
Philadelphia
Genoa
Italy
Europe
L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company
Boyde
Alsace Cities Revolt Against War Loan
Reports from Switzerland say Strassburg and Metz residents tore down posters for the new German war loan and Von Hindenburg birthday celebrations. Authorities have yet to identify culprits as anti German sentiment grows in Alsace Lorraine amid occupation.
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Washington
Switzerland
Strassburg
Metz
Alsace-Lorraine
von Hindenburg
von Kuhlemann
Alsace Lorraine
Germany
New York District Takes $605,020,000 in Liberty Bonds
Subscriptions Friday for 60 million dollars of liberty bonds in the New York federal reserve district bring the total to date to 605 million. Kuhn Loeb Co subscribes 10 million in the last 24 hours, largest single firm input. Individual contributors include Charles H. Sanford, William B. Joyce, and Capt. J. R. DeLamar, each with 1 million. Pershing cables praise loan drives and urge soldiers to declare loyalty to support the war effort.
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New York
New York Federal Reserve District
Kuhn & Loeb Co
Charles H. Sanford
William B. Joyce
Capt
J. R. DeLamar
Argentina
Campania Sansiena de Carnes Congelades
Buenos Aires
Yaqui Revolt Reported in Sonora March on Hermosillo
An unconfirmed report from El Paso states about 1,500 Yaqui Indians in the Sasabe district of Sonora preparing an expedition to march on Hermosillo, the state capital. They expect support from Yaquis in the Yaqui river country and other parts of Sonora.
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EL Paso
Texas
Sasabe
Sonora
Hermosillo
All Army And Navy Officers Aboard Saved First Big Tragedy
The American army transport Antilles was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the war zone on Wednesday. About seventy men are missing and probably lost while 167 survived, including all army and navy officers aboard and the ship's master. The sinking occurred amidships in five minutes, marking the first major American transport loss and highlighting wartime dangers faced by U.S. vessels. Rescue by convoy warships and navy safeguards limited loss of life.
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Washington
Antilles
Army
Navy
United States
Germany
Walker
Boyle
O' Rourke
Admiral Sims
France
England
Pershing
Sims
Dispatched details incomplete on Antilles torpedoing
Secretary Daniels announced partial facts from Vice Admiral Sims about the steamship Antilles, an army transport torpedoed Oct. 17 while returning to the United States from foreign service. The ship sank in five minutes. 167 aboard were saved, about 70 missing, with several officers and enlisted men lost. Full muster lists await France and further details before public release.
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Daniels
Sims
Gen. Pershing
Department
Antilles
E. L. Kinzey
Thomas M. Kinzey
Water Valley
Miss
J. W. Hunt
Isaac Hunt
Mountain Grove
C. L. Ausburn
R. Ausburn
Louisiana Avenue
New Orleans
H. F. Watson
W. L. Seger
Rutland
Mass
Army
France
Bryan Delivers Founders Day Oration at Illinois Woman's College
William Jennings Bryan spoke at the 71st Founders' Day celebration at Illinois Woman's College in Jacksonville on Friday. The daylong exercises featured his address on Fundamentals, Man's Relation to Government, Society and God, in which he predicted worldwide democracy, equal suffrage for women, and national prohibition.
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Jacksonville
Til
William Jennings Bryan
Illinois Woman's College
Bryan
National Implement and Vehicle Association Chooses Chicago 1918
The 24th annual meeting closed in Chicago with the convention city for 1918 set as Chicago. C. B. Brantingham of Raford was elected president.
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Chicago
National Implement and Vehicle Association
C. B. Brantingham
Rafeford
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